Relentless Skater Catamaran On The Water
 

Simply beautiful, https://www.speedonthewater.com/rele...-on-the-water/

Great work Dale - looks fantastic !!!

MDS

Yeah, that thing came out AWESOME!!

Our neighbor bought Dales old Skater. Small world.

Awesome, love the colors, congrats!

Wow! Never realized they recut / re-rigged the transom. Looks good!

*FYI, props spin in....... :-)

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Current propeller rotation is outboard, per Dale Rayzor.

Hi Matt, interesting. Just saw from the photos in your article they were still spinning inward, as they were when I built it. Maybe they've learn something new! Good for them, if so. Also noticed a deeper spacer. Best wishes to everyone!

Hi Matt, interesting. Just saw from the photos in your article they were still spinning inward, as they were when I built it. Maybe they've learned something new! Good for them, if so. Also noticed a deeper spacer. Best wishes to everyone!

look at the pic at the very bottom of the article. The props are spinning out. Yes there is a pic of the slide show spinning in. But the pic at the ramp they are going out.

on another note, the transom doesn’t look any different from when you had it. I must be missing something

Ugh.... no wonder SO MANY spots were missed when you washed that thing for me a decade ago in Havasu!!! Blind as a bat boat detailer..... pfft!!! LOL

Now... talking out of the other side of my mouth - I didn't look at the props on the ramp pic. So, proceed in picking up a rock and humming it back at me. :-) I can't imagine keeping the nose planted with less horse power and spinning out??? But, "prop science" is a black box. Good for them figuring something out that works (Two thumbs up)!!!

* Look at the exhaust height. X is lower now than when I had the 1075's in it.... Grab handles are missing on the under-side of the bustle... and it has a deeper drive spacer (which is VERY interesting to me... as that usually means the nose should run more bow-proud (spinning outboard)??? But, what do I know????).

Dale since my friend can't post on here he asked me to say thanks for letting him transport the boat both ways. Says he will see you for the veterans run.

Stupid question on this boat I have been wanting the answer to almost 15 years now but have never asked. What did it actually run with the sterling’s in it? Extreme Boats Mag stopped posting speed numbers after Pammy and I remember reading the article thinking what did it run!? Loved the original build, was torn that it went to outboards but understood that was the original plan, cool to see it now!

Joe-
So you do remember me. Lol… I dont think I was the one that ended up doing your boat that year in Havasu.

As far as props spinning out that normally creates stern lift. Most all the fast skaters I’ve been around all spin out. Just what I have seen.

And yes now I see it plain as day. As I went back and looked. It is quite a difference.

Thanks Mike!

Thanks Tank, you'll have to make it up here sometime to go out in it with us!

Tell Marcus thank you again for getting my boat across the country safely, and I hope to see him September 11th.

For those of you questioning setup, the boat came with 1" drive spacers (centerline of propshafts 3.25" above the bottom) and the props spinning in. I changed the setup to Skater's preferred setup of 2.75" above the bottom (1.5" spacers) and the props spinning out. This is the same setup all new 368s get rigged with at Skater, pleasure or race. Some guys prefer spinning in, as the boats are easier to drive - and some would say that setup is "safer". Having owned my 30 Skater with Arneson drives spinning out for 15 years, I'm very used to this setup, and it is my preferred choice. I'm beyond happy with the performance of this 36/700 setup, and I'm looking forward to getting years of reliable boating out of this mild-power rig.